How Long to Read Outposts of the Forgotten

How Long Does it Take to Read Outposts of the Forgotten?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 33 minutes to read Outposts of the Forgotten by Harvey Alan Siegal

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The single-room occupancy (SRO) tenements and welfare hotels located throughout New York City, but concentrated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, provided housing for many of society's troubled, marginal members in the late 1970s, when this book was originally published. The predominant population of these buildings was old, non-white, unemployed, disabled, and in poor health. What distinguished this community, however, was not that it is was part of a ghetto or slum, but that it was composed of poor people living amidst affluence, combining elements of both the law-abiding and criminal worlds. Institutionally, the SRO tenement world described in this book is seen as a half-way area between open society and the total institution. Without the support and control available in the SROs, confinement in a total institution would be a certainty for many of the residents. This book, a participant-observer journal as well as an ethnographic study, suggests an alternative to institutionalization. As Edward Sagarin notes in his preface, Siegal does not lack compassion for the sufferings of the people, but the focus is on the descriptions of their lives. Outposts of the Forgotten documents the circumstances of some of New York's forgotten residents.

How long is Outposts of the Forgotten?

Outposts of the Forgotten by Harvey Alan Siegal is 212 pages long, and a total of 53,424 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Outposts of the Forgotten Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 51 minutes to read Outposts of the Forgotten aloud.

What Reading Level is Outposts of the Forgotten?

Outposts of the Forgotten is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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